When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his role, but always searching for a way out of the well-guarded house.
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Dick Van Dyke as Jack Albany
Edward G. Robinson as Leo Joseph Smooth
Dorothy Provine as Sally Inwood
Henry Silva as Frank Boley
Tony Bill as Florian
Slim Pickens as Cowboy Schaeffer
Jack Elam as Ace Williams
Ned Glass as Rinzy Tobreski
Richard Bakalyan as Bobby Macoon
Mickey Shaughnessy as Francis
Philip Coolidge as Fingers Felton
James Millhollin as Museum Director
Joanna Moore as Melanie Smooth
Leon Alton as Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
Anthony Caruso as Tony Preston (uncredited)
John Cliff as Museum Guard (uncredited)
Russ Conway as Police Capt. Jacoby (uncredited)
John Dennis as Second Museum Guard (uncredited)
Ken Lynch as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Jerry Paris as Police Photographer (uncredited)
Clark Ross as Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
Jackie Russell as Sexy woman (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo as Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
Johnny Silver as Prop Man (uncredited)
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